I am thankful for this lollipop. Toni thought ahead and packed us each a pumpkin spice lollipop for thanksgiving. It tastes like fall. It makes me want to bundle up in a big sweater and decorate for the holiday season… but then I remember that it is 93 degrees outside and the thought of sweaters makes me nauseous. Though I woke up this morning wishing I were at home with my family, feasting and laughing, I realized how many more opportunities I will have to sit around a table with them chat over food and drinks. I will have fewer opportunities to spend the day learning creole with a traveling art team while savoring a pumpkin lollipop. So I seized the day. On our three hour drive back to Port-au-Prince, I asked our fixer how to say every thanksgiving related word or phrase I could think of. I am sure Toni and my mom were ready to pull their hair out after hearing me try to use the word “kodenn,” which means “turkey,” in a hundred different sentences. I am thankful to have such patient travel companions. I am thankful for this blistering hot Haitian sun. I am thankful to spend Thanksgiving Day in Haiti. I am thankful for this lollipop.

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